The Debug-First AI Workflow: Why I Make My Assistant Break Things on Purpose
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Most people use AI assistants to write code. I've started using mine to break code first. It sounds counterintuitive, but this one change to my workflow cut my bug rate in half and made code reviews actually meaningful. The Problem With Write-First The default AI coding workflow looks like this: Describe what you want AI writes the code You review it You find bugs (maybe) You fix them Step 4 is where things fall apart. Reviewing AI-generated code is hard because it looks correct